Check-rower-wire anchor or equalizer



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A. T. GROW.

CHECK ROWER WIRE ANCHOR QR EQUALIZER.

No. 328,879. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

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CHECK ROWER WIRE ANCHOR OR EQUALIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,879, dated October 20, 18185.

Application filed Apn'l 18, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABIJAH T. GROW, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Glarinda, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Rower-VVire'Anohors or Equalizers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved anchor or equalizer for check-rower wires, showing the same in position for operation. Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the device which forms the subject of my invention separate or detached. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to anchors or equalizers for the tappet-wires of check-row corn-' planters; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency, and which shall be so constructed as to retain the cl1eckrow wires at all times at an equal degree of tension, thereby insuring regularity in the dropping of the corn.

With these ends in view the invention consists "in the improved construction and arrangement of the said anchor or equalizer, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawingshereto annexed, A designates the frame, one of which is used at either end of the field, and which consists of a pair of horizontal parallel bars, B B, connected at the ends by means of pivotsC G, having the laterallyextending arms D D, the outer ends of which are provided with perforations E to receive the stakes F F, which are driven through the said arms for the purpose of retaining the said frame in position.

G is a horizontal pulley or traveler, journaled between a pair of arms, HH, and arranged to travel upon the rear edge of the Serial No. 162,639. (No model.)

upper horizontal bar B, as clearly shown in the drawings. The front ends of the arms H H are connected by a pin or bolt, I, upon which my improved anchor 0r equalizing device is mounted, as shown.

The body of the said anchor or equalizing device, which is designated by the letter J, is constructed of a single piece or strap of springsteel, one end of which forms the upper portion or plate, K, provided near its rear end with a perforation, L, to receive the bolt I, and having at its front end a longitudinal slot, M. At the front end of the slot M the strip is bent in a downward direction, at about a right angle to the top plate, K, forming a bracket, N, the lower end of which is bent rearwardly and upwardly, forming an arm, 0, the upper end of which terminates in a hook, 1?, extending forwardly through the slot M, and the end of which has a notch, Q, into which any one of the buttons or tappets of the check-row wire may be readily adjusted or inserted. The arm 0 is provided with asuitable bearing for a horizontally-arranged setscrew, R, the inner end of which may bear against the inner side of the bracket N, forming a part of the elastic or spring anchor or equalizing device.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains from the foregoing description,taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed.

The frame carrying the anchor or adjustable equalizing device may be readily staked to the ground in the usual manner, and the end of the tappet or check-row wire connected with the same by simply inserting one of the tappets or buttons on the notched hook I. The tension may be readily adjusted and regulated by means of the set-screw It, thus causing the strain upon the wire to be even at all times, thereby insuring regularity in the planting or dropping, ease of adjustment of the wire, and equality of strain upon the latter, and consequently lessening the liability of breakage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. An anchor and equalizing device for check rower wires, consisting of a strap of spring metal having a longitudinal slot, a downwardly-extending bracket, and an arm extending rearwardly and upwardly from the lower end of the said bracket and terminating in a notched hook extending forwardly through the slot in the top plate of the device, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An anchor and equalizing device for check rower wires, comprising a strip of spring metal bent so as to form a top plate, a downwardly-extending bracket, and an upwardly-extending arm having a notched hook extending through a longitudinal slot in the top plate, the said arm being provided with a set-screw arranged to bear against the said bracket, thereby adjusting the tension of the device, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination of a frame comprising a pair of horizontal parallel bars having laterally-extending pivoted arms, stakes adapted screw arranged to bear against the said bracket,

substantially as and for set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABIJAI-I T. OROVV.

the purpose herein Witnesses:

IRA A. MORAIN, FR NK'P. SHEPPARD. 

